At the risk of having all the gear and no idea, if you’re looking to make a big splash on the swimming scene this summer there’s already a pool of technology to choose from to make sure you’re not a belly flop in and out of the water.

Swimovate PoolMate HR (Picture: Supplied)

Swimovate PoolMate HR

The PoolMate HR goes to great lengths to make sure you get the most out of yours. Central to an impressive features list are a heart-rate monitor and accelerometer that senses the motion of your arm to record speed, distance, stroke length and stroke count. There’s even an alarm to remind you it’s time to get out in case your wrinkled fingers haven’t.

Listen to music while swimming? Using your cheekbones? You have my curiosity. Instead of channelling tunes through your ear canal like a pair of headphones, the Finis Neptune transmits audio through the cheekbone into the inner ear. Winner of a Red Dot design award and offering 4GB storage, the Neptune is good for music, podcasts and the soundtrack to Jaws.

You wouldn’t go out in the sun without sunglasses so swimming shouldn’t be any different. Speedo’s biofuse goggles use UV-protected polarised lenses to reduce glare from the sun and reflections off the water. The frames adapt to the shape of your face to reduce leakage.